Methods for identifying and recovering non-revenue generating network circuits established outside of the United States
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining, by a processor, based on a datum retrieved from a database system whether a network circuit established outside of the United States is incurring a charge;
determining, by the processor, based on the datum an amount of revenue generated by the network circuit;
determining, by the processor, if the network circuit is part of a block of network circuits that is leased, wherein the block of network circuits that is leased does not allow the charge to be attributed to any one network circuit of the block of network circuits; and
issuing, by the processor, a termination instruction to terminate a service associated with the network circuit when the network circuit is not part of the block of network circuits that is leased, when the network circuit is incurring the charge and when the amount of revenue generated by the network circuit that is not part of the block of network circuits that is leased is below a threshold that indicates that the network circuit is deemed to be an access-no-revenue circuit, wherein the threshold is based on a type of network circuit being analyzed and a country that the network circuit is established in.
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Abstract
A method includes issuing a retrieval instruction, such as a database query, to retrieve from a database system a datum associated with a network circuit established outside of the United States. Upon receiving the datum from the database system, it is determined, based on the datum retrieved, whether the network circuit is incurring a charge. It is further determined, based on the datum retrieved, an amount of revenue generated by the network circuit. When the amount of revenue generated by the network circuit is below a predetermined threshold, a termination instruction to terminate a service associated with the network circuit is issued.
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a processor, based on a datum retrieved from a database system whether a network circuit established outside of the United States is incurring a charge; determining, by the processor, based on the datum an amount of revenue generated by the network circuit; determining, by the processor, if the network circuit is part of a block of network circuits that is leased, wherein the block of network circuits that is leased does not allow the charge to be attributed to any one network circuit of the block of network circuits; and issuing, by the processor, a termination instruction to terminate a service associated with the network circuit when the network circuit is not part of the block of network circuits that is leased, when the network circuit is incurring the charge and when the amount of revenue generated by the network circuit that is not part of the block of network circuits that is leased is below a threshold that indicates that the network circuit is deemed to be an access-no-revenue circuit, wherein the threshold is based on a type of network circuit being analyzed and a country that the network circuit is established in. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor, an identification of a network circuit established outside of the United States that is not part of a block of network circuits that is leased, wherein the block of network circuits that is leased does not allow a charge to be attributed to any one network circuit of the block of network circuits, when the network circuit is incurring a cost and is generating an amount of revenue below a threshold that indicates that the network circuit that is not part of the block of network circuits that is leased is deemed to be an access-no-revenue circuit, wherein the threshold is based on a type of network circuit and a country that the network circuit is established in; verifying, by the processor, whether a service provider outside of the United States is providing a service associated with the network circuit; and issuing, by the processor, a request to the service provider to terminate the service when it is verified that the service provider is providing the service. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A memory device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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determining based on a datum retrieved from a database system whether a network circuit established outside of the United States is incurring a charge; determining based on the datum an amount of revenue generated by the network circuit; determining if the network circuit is part of a block of network circuits that is leased, wherein the block of network circuits that is leased does not allow the charge to be attributed to any one network circuit of the block of network circuits; and issuing a termination instruction to terminate a service associated with the network circuit when the network circuit is not part of the block of network circuits that is leased, when the network circuit is incurring the charge and when the amount of revenue generated by the network circuit that is not part of the block of network circuits that is leased is below a threshold that indicates that the network circuit is deemed to be an access-no-revenue circuit, wherein the threshold is based on a type of network circuit being analyzed and a country that the network circuit is established in. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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